Letter discussing car performance issues, including power, buffers, gears, and prop shaft mounting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\9\ 09-page262 | |
| Date | 17th February 1927 guessed | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X5r40b Villa Mimosa Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence) Wed. We have been here since Monday mid-day & [struck through] shall probably leave tomorrow evening or Friday. The car ran fairly well but little power and perpetually hitting the buffers. We have discussed blowers & spur gears at-length. R. {Sir Henry Royce} does not see why the prop. has been pushed out 1 1/4" with the flanged prop. mounting as he does not think it necessary if the pinion is held on the shaft. as shown in his drawing. We have got him interested in high compressions but- | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).